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As fleets age and operating patterns change, owner-operators must balance day-to-day performance with long-term reliability and asset preservation. This topic covers maintenance strategies, reliability programs, inspection practices, forced outage reduction, failure analysis and life-extension decisions across generation fleets. The emphasis is on practical actions that improve availability, manage risk, control costs and help plants perform under more demanding market and operating conditions.
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250B180 minsThese courses are included for all-access badge holders. You can pre-register for your preferred course; however, seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This c …
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250A180 minsThese courses are included for all-access badge holders. You can pre-register for your preferred course; however, seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Utilitie …
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Thermal & Nuclear Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 123850 minsPipeline curtailments during extreme weather events have made on-site fuel back-up a reliability requirement, not just a contingency plan. For plant managers and directors of generation operating gas …
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O&M and Reliability Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 445550 minsBayswater is a large coal-fired station that has spent the past five years becoming something it was never designed to be: a flexible, market-responsive asset in a grid increasingly shaped by solar an …
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250B50 minsFlexible coal operation starts in the mill, not the boiler. As renewable penetration forces coal units to cycle deeper and more frequently, pulverizer performance becomes a direct constraint on plant …
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250E50 minsGeneration plants that have been repowered or operated across multiple technology eras accumulate a common problem: the information needed to plan, operate, troubleshoot, and maintain the facility exi …
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251A50 minsMuch of the U.S. wind fleet is approaching or past the 20-year mark, and repowering economics increasingly depend on how much existing balance-of-plant infrastructure can be reused rather than replace …
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251B50 minsWith new combined-cycle lead times stretching to 2029 and beyond, the strategic value of optimizing existing gas turbine assets has never been more direct. This session presents an updated fleet-wide …Chairperson
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O&M and Reliability Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 445550 minsSteam boilers were designed for steady baseload operation. As grid conditions push thermal fleets toward more frequent starts, deeper turndowns and aggressive cycling, the operating envelope shifts we …
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250C50 minsReplacing analog safety systems with digital instrumentation and controls at a commercial nuclear reactor is a first-of-a-kind undertaking for most utilities. The engineering is complex, but the licen …
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Thermal & Nuclear Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 123850 minsNot all megawatts are equal. For combustion turbine peaking units, location is the primary driver of economic performance, and operational flexibility determines how much of that location advantage is …
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O&M and Reliability Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 445550 minsFeedwater system erosion, high-energy piping degradation, and boiler component failures follow predictable patterns at most thermal plants. The repair decisions made during outages, often under time p …
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250B50 minsTVA operates more than 100 natural gas and fuel oil generators across 17 sites. Meeting NERC MOD-026 and MOD-027 compliance requirements on a fleet that size, using traditional on-site stage testing w …
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From Regional Silos to Integrated Asset Management: How Petrobras Transformed a Thermoelectric FleetO&M and Reliability Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 445550 minsManaging a portfolio of thermoelectric assets across multiple regions creates a familiar tension: local operating units develop strong execution capability but limited integration, and the inconsisten …
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250E50 minsMRO inventory is where equipment reliability and working capital intersect. Overstocking creates obsolescence risk and ties up capital. Understocking drives stockouts, expedited freight, and extended …Chairperson
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O&M and Reliability Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 445550 minsDTE Electric has operated mobile restoration assets as a formal component of its N-1 contingency planning since 2002, deploying mobile generators, mobile ISO transformer trailers and mobile pole ISO t …Chairperson
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250A50 minsHow much of a battery storage system's lifetime performance is determined at the cell level, and how much can be recovered through operational intelligence? That question has direct implications for w …
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O&M and Reliability Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 445550 minsA 2 x 250 MW lignite-fired plant in India increased its plant load factor from 50% to 65% through a focused O&M program targeting the highest-leverage reliability and performance gaps. The program cov …ChairpersonSpeakers
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O&M and Reliability Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 445550 minsWhen a transformer fails or a critical component goes down, recovery time is increasingly determined by supply chain availability, long manufacturing queues, specialized logistics and coordination dep …
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O&M and Reliability Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 445550 minsGas-side fouling deep within HRSG harp sections, including ferrous oxide scale, ammonium bisulfate deposits from SCR ammonia slip and insulation debris, accumulates on finned tube bundles where conven …
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